International Business News - Farming http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Dan Schuster breezes down the road in his green and yellow John Deere tractor, passing fast-food restaurants and strip malls on his way to work. You might say Schuster is an urban farmer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/urban-farms-grow-as-cities-seek-safe-cheap-food.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:18:30 EDT Republican presidential hopeful John McCain stopped by the Iowa State Fair on Friday, repeating his opposition to ethanol subsidies and vowing to open markets around the world to Midwest commodities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/mccain-favors-ethanol-opposes-subsidies.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:37:07 EDT On one side of the gravel road are hundreds of acres of corn. On the other is a different crop that scientists hope will enable farmers to rebuild sinking islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, combat global warming and make a profit at the same time. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/105049-troubled-delta-cattail-farming.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/california-eyes-cattails-to-combat-climate-change.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/california-eyes-cattails-to-combat-climate-change.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:39:49 EDT A federal report says offshore fish farming would be an economic boon if it were allowed to take off in U.S. seas. The report this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration comes at a time when the White House is pushing to open offshore waters to fish farming. Environmentalists worry that offshore aquaculture would pollute the seas and threaten wild species. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/noaa-offshore-fish-farming-would-be-economic-boon.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:06:13 EDT Environmentalists are suing the U.S. Forest Service over what they say is an illegal dole: The agency's long-standing practice of subsidizing corn and soybean farming on a nature preserve in western Kentucky and Tennessee. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/83130-farm-scene-forest-farming.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/group-sues-over-crop-subsidies-on-us-forest-land.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/group-sues-over-crop-subsidies-on-us-forest-land.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:27:57 EDT European farmers are planting more cereals and fewer biofuel crops this year as grain prices surge, EU statistics showed Wednesday. The EU statistical agency Eurostat said the amount of land planted with cereal crops such as wheat and barley is expected to grow by 5.7 percent from last year. Durum wheat--used to make pasta--will be planted on 12.6 percent more land than in 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/eu-planting-more-cereals-less-biofuel.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:41:00 EDT The tradition of farming the land in northern New Mexico's Espanola Valley had been passed down from Don Bustos' Spanish ancestors who tilled the same soil centuries before. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/74173-vegan-farming.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/veganic-farmers-work-without-animal-fertilizers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/veganic-farmers-work-without-animal-fertilizers.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:07:50 EDT For centuries, farming has involved plowing the fields and tending to livestock. Soon, farmers in New Jersey may also be tending to solar panels and windmills. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/72689-farming-energy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/nj-weighs-bill-encouraging-alternative-farm-energy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/nj-weighs-bill-encouraging-alternative-farm-energy.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:20:46 EDT For Miladis Bouza, the global food crisis arrived two decades ago. Now, her efforts to climb out of it could serve as a model for people around the world struggling to feed their families. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/cubas-urban-farming-program-a-stunning-success.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:01:05 EDT For Miladis Bouza, the global food crisis arrived two decades ago. Now, her efforts to climb out of it could serve as a model for people around the world struggling to feed their families. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/66633-cuba-farming-havana.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080608/cubas-urban-farming-program-a-stunning-success.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080608/cubas-urban-farming-program-a-stunning-success.htm Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:45:11 EDT Antonio Martinez used to pay smugglers thousands of dollars each year to sneak him into the United States to manage farm crews. Now, the work comes to him. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/55778-mexico-offshore-farming.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/some-us-farms-outsourced-to-mexico.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/some-us-farms-outsourced-to-mexico.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 11:55:30 EDT High gas prices have driven a Warren County farmer and his sons to hitch a tractor rake to a pair of mules to gather hay from their fields. T.R. Raymond bought Dolly and Molly at the Dixon mule sale last year. Son Danny Raymond trained them and also modified the tractor rake so the mules could pull it. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/high-gas-prices-drive-farmer-to-switch-to-mules.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 19:51:01 EDT The European Commission on Tuesday presented plans to shake up the way the EU gives tens of billions of euros in handouts to farmers and scrap decades-old rules limiting how much farmers can grow _ part of efforts to bolster Europe's production amid global food shortages. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/eu-executive-proposes-new-farm-policy.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 15:26:53 EDT The European Commission will present a plan Tuesday to shake up the EU's common agriculture policy, seeking to better control multibillion-euro (dollar) handouts to farmers while increasing food production to meet growing demand. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/eu-exec-to-propose-new-farm-policy.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 12:12:51 EDT When he was laid up in the hospital recovering from knee surgery, farmer Ralph Dull picked up a thick notebook dropped off by a friend that detailed how wind generators produce electricity. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44478-green-farming.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/farmer-pioneers-green-energy-practices-in-ohio.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/farmer-pioneers-green-energy-practices-in-ohio.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 04:23:14 EDT The rice fields that blanketed this remote mountain village for generations are gone. In their place rise neat rows of young rubber trees _ their sap destined for China. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43877-china-farming.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/china-farms-the-world-to-feed-a-ravenous-economy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/china-farms-the-world-to-feed-a-ravenous-economy.htm Sun, 04 May 2008 13:53:27 EDT A government regulator says speculative trading is not the primary culprit behind surging prices of corn, wheat and other crops that have rattled farmers and food producers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/regulator-says-traders-not-to-blame-for-rising-crop-prices.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:57:08 EDT Farming has always been a risky business, at the mercy of bad weather, wars and drought. Now farmers' profits face a new and surprising enemy: speculators who some believe are driving prices up so f... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080418/sizzling-commodities-market-puts-the-heat-on-farmers.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:12:07 EDT In a country where almost everyone works for the communist state, dairy farmer Jesus Diaz is his own boss. He likes it that way and so does the government. Living on a plot of land just big enough t... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/38289-cuba-farms.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080405/communist-cuban-solution-private-farms.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080405/communist-cuban-solution-private-farms.htm Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:32:27 EDT To offset food price hikes of more than 25 percent since 2005, this Caribbean nation plans to convert up to 20,000 acres of state-owned land into large farms, and they're looking to Cuba for expertise in ramping up agricultural production. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080324/trinidad-aims-to-boost-food-production.htm Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:49:21 EDT